Pony up, pony up, pony up Ante up, ante up, ante up Pony up, pony up, pony up Ante up, ante up, ante up, ante up Pony up, pony up, pony up Got my gun in my holster, rum in my cup Snakeskin feels the grace of the mud As I pull through the sludge, half-drunk off a grudge Lost my sums to a bluff Succumb to the plunge in the slums where he sunk Not a breath in his lungs And now he pressin' his luck when he gambles Remain the gust of a phantom All windows shut, he alone in the dark now Except the flame on his candle So now he thrown to the jaws Of a world where he burns what was cold from the start Can only hope for a flush where I roam Or I'll fold and go home with my cards Lord knows I won't be froze in the sun I've got miles to go before (Pony up, pony up, pony up) Miles to go before I go down (Ante up, ante up, ante up) I've got miles to go before I (Dust to dust and it's dust to dust) I've got miles to go before I go down to sleep (Keep it ridin' 'til the sun comes up) Ante up, ante up, ante up Put my soul as the wager, my hole freshly dug Old dirt to soft skin Play the game like a mass grave, homie goin' all in I got a ace up my sleeve It doesn't matter, I'm arraigned in a week And I can feel my feet sway in the breeze Like a haze in a dream when I hang from that tree Oh, how familiar it sounds Reminiscent of a six-shooter spittin' off rounds And it's like in this life, every day is roulette When everything you possess gets placed up for bets Keep moving, remain the ghost of your town Hear the story from your son when the sun goes down And I know nothing but to run from the clouds So it's dust to dust and we all fall down I've got miles to go before (Pony up, pony up, pony up) Miles to go before I go down (Ante up, ante up, ante up) I've got miles to go before I (Dust to dust and it's dust to dust) I've got miles to go before I go down to sleep (Keep it ridin' 'til the sun comes up) I've got miles to go before Miles to go before I go down I've got miles to go before I I've got miles to go before I go down to sleep